35.7% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
McMahons Point · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in McMahons Point
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people are born overseas in McMahons Point than in most other similar areas. Around 35.7% of the population was born in another country, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%. This creates a diverse community where British and European roots remain the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 41.8%, followed by Australian at 24.1%, Irish at 16.3%, Scottish at 13.8%, and Chinese at 6.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is among the highest for areas of this type, sitting 6.4 percentage points above the New South Wales average. While 60.9% were born in Australia, the next most common birthplaces are England (7.7%), New Zealand (2.7%), China (2.0%), and South Africa (2.0%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in McMahons Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12557/mcmahons-point/topic/ancestry-heritage